4th (Naval) Virginia Local Defense Troops Battalion Infantry

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Muster In: Organized with five companies at Richmond from the employees of the Navy Department for local defense as needed and mustered into Confederate service on June 22, 1863.1,2Muster Out: Discontinued on April 2, 1865.3

Commander(s):
Major Martin W. Curlin
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Commander 3
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First Offensive Order of Battle: Local Defense Troops and Reserves | Department of Richmond | Confederate Army4

Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 183: Wallace lists Curlin as only a major. I’ve gone with the rank of Captain for now because Sibley is listing him for the smaller time period of June 1864. ↩

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 671 ↩

Wallace, Lee A., Jr. A Guide to Virginia Military Organizations 1861-1865, 2nd Ed. (Lynchburg, Va.: H. E. Howard, 1986), p. 183: Wallace lists Curlin as only a major. I’ve gone with the rank of Captain for now because Sibley is listing him for the smaller time period of June 1864. ↩

The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Volume XL, Part 2 (Serial Number 81), p. 671 ↩